Radioactive boy scout

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Originally posted by: TheChort

Originally posted by: KDOG

Originally posted by: TheChort

Originally posted by: DrPizza
There was another person who built one a few years ago for a science fair project. He LOST - came in second, beat out by a girl who did a project about eating apple pie.

science fair projects aren't JUST about the project ... it's also about your presentation, organization, and showing how much you really know about the literature in support of your project.

Uh, I think freakin' nuclear fusion would beat eating apple pie anyday, but thats' just me.

keep in mind, we don't know anything about the projects that DrPizza mentioned

but if I were to see a project about anything that looked like it had been thrown together at the last second I would be extremely hesitant to give it first place. Students need to learn how to be organized as well.
Or if I could tell that the student knew VERY little about the literature supporting his project, I would again hold back.

Judging is based on MULTIPLE factors, not just the one

Exactly. Plus, he built a fusion reactor. As impressive as that is, his quesiton would be pretty simple: "Can I build a fusion reactor?" Pretty lame premise, I think, despite how badass that is. I imagine that the pie project involved a more substantial investigation; something beyond "can I make Pie?"

EDIT: read other posts. yeah, research with implication in cancer is going to get mad funding these days. The aim is to encourage the kind of projects that the governement wants, like cancer research; not something that no one needs, such as sustainable energy sources

 

[SirStev0]

Originally posted by: KLin
The next Oppenheimer?

Oppenheimer was more of a coach. Fermi was his star talent.

 

[Scarpozzi]

When I was in high school, I was experimenting with mind-blowing drugs and sleeping with many anonymous partners in a consequence free environment.